County of Peebles

A four-masted iron ship built in 1875 by Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow. Dimensions 81,22×11,75×7,11 meters [266'6"×38'7"×23'4"] and tonnage 1691 GRT, 1614 NRT and 1566 tons under deck. Rigged with royal sails above double top- and single topgallant sails. The total sail area was 30610 sq. feet and of the square sails alone 16.744 sq. feet.

1875 July: Launched at the shipyard of Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow, for R. & J. Craig, Glasgow. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 71742 and signal PCJS. The first master was Captain A. Miller.
1880 June 13 — September 4: Sailed from Cardiff to Bombay in 83 days.
1881 January 5 — April 26: Sailed from Chittagong to Dundee in 111 days.
1881 June 27 — September 20: Sailed from Cardiff to Aden in 84 days.
1881 October 24 — December 27: Sailed from Aden to Chittagong in 64 days.
1882 October 25 — February 4: Sailed from Calcutta to Dundee in 103 days.
1883 May 12 — July 10: Sailed from Glasgow to Buenos Ayres in 59 days.
1883 September 5 — November 13: Sailed from Buenos Ayres to Calcutta in 69 days.
1883 December 8 — March 23: Sailed from Calcutta to Dundee in 106 days.
1884 May 23 — August 25: Sailed from Cardiff to Bombay in 94 days.
1884 December 31 — April 27: Sailed from Calcutta to Dundee in 117 days.
1885 July 3 — October 14: Sailed from Cardiff to Bombay in 103 days.
1886 February 13 — July 1: Sailed from Chittagong to Dundee in 138 days.
1886 August 30 — December 7: Sailed from Cardiff to Bombay in 99 days.
1887: LR 1887-88: Captain J. Murdoch.
1887 June 9 — October 17: Sailed from Calcutta to London in 130 days.
1887 December 28 — April 17: Sailed from Liverpool to Calcutta in 111 days.
1888 May 30 — September 20: Sailed from Calcutta to London in 113 days.
1888 November 8 — February 22: Sailed from Liverpool to Calcutta in 106 days.
1889 May 9 — October 10: Sailed from Calcutta to Hull in 154 days.
1889 November 28 — March 11: Sailed from Birkenhead to Calcutta in 103 days.
1890 May 21 — October 10: Sailed from Calcutta to Dundee in 142 days.
1890 December 8 — April 25: Sailed from North Shields to San Francisco in 138 days.
1891 August 8 — December 29: Sailed from San Francisco to Le Havre in 143 days.
1892 March 20 — May 26: Sailed from Barry/Penarth to Mauritius in 66 days
1892 August 15 — December 12: Sailed from Bassein to Falmouth in 119 days.
1893 March 6 — June 12: Sailed from Barry to Rangoon in 98 days.
1893 July 10 — October 23: Sailed from Rangoon to Falmouth in 105 days.
1894 January 19 — May 3: Sailed from Liverpool to Calcutta in 104 days.
1894 June 29 — October 16: Sailed from Calcutta to Dunkirk in 109 days.
1894 November 17 — March 11: Sailed from Dunkirk to Diamond Island in 114 days.
1895 April 1 — July 23: Sailed from Rangoon to Falmouth in 113 days.
1895 September 7 — December 15: Sailed from Bremerhaven to Cape Borda in 96 days.
1896 February 8 — June 25: Sailed from Port Pirie to Hamburg in 124 days.
1896 August 10 — November 20: Sailed from Barry to Singapore in 102 days.
1897 January 30 — June 8: Sailed from Singapore to New York in 128 days.
1897 August 8 — December 24: Sailed from New York to Calcutta in 138 days.
1898 February 5 — May 17: Arrived to Hamburg in 101 days out from Calcutta.
1898: Sold to Chile and was renamed Munoz Gamero. Used as a hulk at Talcanhuano.

Presently [1996] surviving as a breakwater at Punta Arenas, Chile.

Updated 1998-01-02 by Lars Bruzelius.

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